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by ape4 1601 days ago
I hate to say it, but in many ways Windows checks many boxes - its backwards compatible for decades. Programs from 30 years ago still work fine.
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mrweasel 1600 days ago
Hate to agree, but yes. A C++ application using the APIs provided by Windows is pretty much unbreakable by time.
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mixmastamyk 1601 days ago
The core is fine, it’s being at the whim of MS’s hostile marketing and sales departments that are decidedly not boring.
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ape4 1600 days ago
The ads in the start menu were a low but it's very cool how everything keeps working And I love Linux.
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